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Credentialed by the agencies that wrote the playbook.
Delta 7's subject matter experts have completed thousands of complex investigations and covert technical operations. The firm is led by a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent; its examiners are former FBI personnel, including operational technology specialists with NSA, FBI and industry certifications, and former technical operators from the intelligence community.
President & Founder · 24 years FBI
Emmanuel Ladsous
Emmanuel Ladsous served 24 years in the FBI. He is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, a certified FBI technically trained agent and an FBI/NSA-certified technical surveillance countermeasures examiner.
During his tenure he led sensitive national security and criminal investigations including terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, organized crime, white-collar crime, public corruption, civil rights violations, financial crime, bribery, bank robbery, extortion, kidnapping, interstate criminal activity, fugitive and drug-trafficking matters.
He is a licensed California private investigator, an international business and security consultant with clients worldwide, and an advisor on investigations and technical surveillance to Earth League International, a wildlife conservation organization that combats poachers and traffickers in Africa and Asia, featured in the Netflix documentary The Ivory Game.
Director of Operations · FBI 1993–2021
Ric Swanson
Ric Swanson is Delta 7's Director of Operations. He is a former FBI Technical Manager, Infrastructure Project Manager and Technical Instructor, with more than 35 years of U.S. Government service, 28 of them with the FBI, and a concurrent private technical consulting practice of nearly 30 years.
At the FBI he directed the design and installation of the IT network, CCTV, alarm, access control, radio, telephone, television and cable-plant infrastructure for every capital project in the Los Angeles field office, and was awarded the FBI Medal of Excellence for his stewardship of six multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects.
At Delta 7 he is a secure communications and technical infrastructure specialist, multi-certified in advanced technical surveillance countermeasures. He conducts TSCM examinations and leads electronic security assessments, system design and project management for residences and businesses.
His practice also includes IT security audits and vulnerability assessments, exploitation analysis, disaster recovery and contingency planning, and technical support to corporate fraud and intellectual property theft investigations. His clients have included Fortune 100 companies, law firms, hospitals, academic test centers, casinos and private individuals.
He has been a guest instructor for the National Technical Investigators' Association at its national conventions, an instructor at the ISC West international security conference, and a presenter to IT personnel of the United Nations and the Office of the Mayor of New York.
Digital Forensics · FBI 2004–2024
Nhan Nguyen, M.S., CFCE, CCME, MDFE, GASF, GCFE
Master Digital Forensic Examiner and Cellebrite Master Instructor. Mr. Nguyen conducts Delta 7's mobile device, computer, vehicle, drone and NVR forensic examinations and supports litigation with expert reports.
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